Thorgean Liberation

The large scale assassination of the Dryskhell Family

The Conflict

Prelude

The queendom Thorgea had taken over almost all of Zvaaraes and their other neighboring kingdoms under the reign of the Dryskhell Family. A secret meeting with the Golden Blade, a renowned mercenary group on the western isles of Kan'estria was held, where Zvaarian ambassadors, many master assassins and the Warblade herself attended. The Golden Blade lost thousands of warriors during the Dryskhell wars, so they were hellbent on coming to an agreement with the Zvaarians.

Eight. Eight of our best Blades will be provided, as well as I myself. They will have all ressources neccessary handed to them by you, everything they decide will be granted, and no door will be closed before their eyes. I will personally plan the coup with them and will need your utmost discretion while doing so. Noone outside this room, not even your husbands and wives, not even your dogs and cats will hear from this.

— Warblade

From that day onwards, nine blades worked day and night on a plan to infiltrate the most secure base on all of Montoora. Through several defensive barriers, undetected by over a thousand guards, inside the queens castle, to kill not only the current queen Khourilde Wholemountain Crown, but also anyone eligible to the throne.

Execution

While a detailled short story was put out by the scribes of the Golden Blade, called the "Nine Blades", the rapid version is as follows:

Spoiler for the manuscript ahead. (For the people reading during SC2023, the manuscript will most likely not be written by now though).

The Warblade constructed a plan to infiltrate Thorgea as the thing Torgea most needed turing those times, soldiers. One of the two trickster mages was adept in weaving and leatherworking and broke down and reconstructed the uniforms of different Thorgean soldiers. To pass through the strict security measures, they had to not only wear, but also look and act like Dryskhell Thorgeans. Nothing a bit of face changing and acting practice couldn't handle. After infiltrating the soldiers camps, they were able to be the party to greet the supply troops at the battlefields edge, where they then had a direct link and vehicle back to the queendoms capital. Once in the capital city Telum, the disguise was changed, race and face was altered and the personality of cooks, guards, butlers and taste testers were taken on. With the access to every inch of the castle and a deadly trick, the nine infiltrators managed to poison the queen, assassinate the family members and hide their bodies temporarily until their escape. Almost exactly on the dot, once they arrived back in Zvaaraes, news reached them that the royal family had died, and the nine mercenaries succeeded on taking down an entire queendom.

There is obviously a lot more to this story, so look out for manuscript updates!

Outcome

The remaining Dryskhell family members were in shock. The Zvaarians estimated that once all the female members died, that they would abandon their rules and try to justify a king. Now that no direct descendants of the old queen were left, neither female nor male, and all other Dryskhell were all nearing eighty plus, no authority was present. The guards turned on their leaders, the oppressed population subsequently spoke out publicly and sided with the other kingdoms, peacefully handing over won territory. Thorgea was in disarray for the next few years without a direct leader.

Aftermath

A couple years later, after putting up makeshift laws and controlling hightened crime with publicly instantiated police forces, a diplomatic system was put in place. A board of dwarves was elected, representing the different counties and their interests. Structured society was brought back to life under the roof of this council. Thorgea became a neutral state, producing mostly war-related technologies and selling them all around the globe.

Conflict Type

Assassination

Date

1104 AAP

Battlefield Type

Land

Conflict Result

The Dryskhell Dynasty Ended

Belligerents

Dryskhell Military

• Dryskhell Family

Led by

• Khourilde Wholemountain Crown

Nine Blades

• Golden Blade

Led by

• Warblade of Liberation

Strength

The dryskhell military had thousands of foot soldiers, as well as hundreds of border soldiers and around a hundred royal guards inside the castle. The dryskhell also have lots of non-magical firepower such as canons, and naturally, mages, protective barriers and defensive trap magiks.

Nine mercenaries. The Warblade of Liberation as the strategian. Two one-eyed sniper brothers. Two mad mages with a feel for magic repellants and traps. One gunslinging brute. One rogue from which no door stays shut. Two shadow assassins, being the heart of the operation.

Casualties

Five. The last Dryskhell queen Khourilde Wholemountain Crown (17), her mother (27), father (28), and brothers (23 and 21).

unknown, since the Assassins of the Golden Blade are the most elusive mercenaries on Montoora.

Objectives

To detect a threat they don't know is coming.

To kill the royal family and get out of their territory without anyone noticing.

Nine Blades

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As for monetary reimbursement, we will not put a price on this mission, though we take it that the Zvaarian royalty will be forever in our debt. A debt that wont be paid after one, two or three favours.

— Warblade